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NORTHARD v. STATE

No. 95-0928.

675 So.2d 652 (1996)

Tommy L. NORTHARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

June 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and David McPherrin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carol Cobourn Asbury, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We reverse appellant's conviction and remand for new trial because the prosecutor's remarks on opening statement and closing argument, to which defense counsel unsuccessfully objected, were improper. No motion for mistrial was necessary. Simpson v. State, 418 So.2d 984 (Fla.1982), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 1156, 103 S.Ct. 801, 74 L.Ed.2d 1004 (1983).

During opening statement, the state told the jury...

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